
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
Cast

Robert Mitchum
Lucas Marsh

Olivia de Havilland
Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh

Frank Sinatra
Alfred Boone

Gloria Grahame
Harriet Lang

Broderick Crawford
Dr. Aarons

Charles Bickford
Dr. Dave W. Runkleman

Myron McCormick
Dr. Clem Snider

Lon Chaney Jr.
Job Marsh

Jesse White
Ben Cosgrove

Harry Morgan
Oley

Lee Marvin
Brundage

Virginia Christine
Bruni

Whit Bissell
Dr. Dietrich

Jack Raine
Dr. Lettering

Mae Clarke
Nurse Odell
William Vedder
Carlisle Emmons

John Dierkes
Bursar

Gail Bonney
Mrs. Fields (uncredited)

King Donovan
Mr. Slocum (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Patient Being Restrained (scenes deleted)
David Alpert
Ear, Nose & Throat Intern (uncredited)

Robert Bailey
Charlie - Patient in Recovery Ward (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Will Wright
Mr. Roberts (uncredited)

Jerry Paris
Thompson (uncredited)

Stafford Repp
Doctor (uncredited)
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